Goodman-Bacon, Bannon to Lead Crimson in 2009

BOSTON—Kristin Bannon and Elizabeth
Goodman-Bacon will captain the Harvard field hockey team in 2009,
head coach Sue Caples announced at the team’s 2008
end-of-season banquet Sunday at the Harvard Club of Boston.

Senior Kylie Stone was named the Crimson’s Most Valuable
Player at the banquet, while sophomore K.J. Warren earned selection
as the team’s Most Improved Player. The captains and
award-winners were elected by their teammates.

Bannon and Goodman-Bacon, both of whom will be seniors next season,
have been starters in the Crimson midfield for the past two
seasons. Goodman-Bacon has started 37 games since her arrival in
Cambridge, including all eight in 2008 before she suffered a
season-ending injury.

Bannon has started each of Harvard’s last 34 games and has
registered five goals and five assists for 15 career points. In
addition to her midfield duties, she has played a key role
inserting the ball on offensive penalty corners.

Stone started every game in goal for the Crimson this season and
has started all but one since the start of the 2007 campaign. She
held seven opponents to one goal or fewer and registered shutouts
of Holy Cross, Yale and Brown, while contributing to a team shutout
of Saint Louis. In league play, Stone tied for second in the Ivy
League with 43 saves. She also ranked second with two league
shutouts and third with an Ivy goals-against average of 1.71 and
league save percentage of .782.

Warren emerged as a key player this season. She played in 16 of the
team’s 17 contests, seeing significant time off the bench
early in the season before starting the last five games of the
year. Warren played 35 or more minutes in seven of the games in
which she did not start. She recorded a defensive save to preserve
Harvard’s shutout of Saint Louis.